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nibbler

nibbler

3 7.2
A person or animal that eats small bites again and again
  • noun
  • /ˈnɪblər/
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  • The mouse is such a small nibbler that it often takes tiny bites of cheese.

Examples

  • These little ankle-nibblers can probably run faster than you and your lazy dog put together ...

    Blog text (23)

  • Every little nibbler in the sea's taken a bite.

    Jaws 2 (1978)

  • Cooking yourself but snacking on grapes while cooking (because I'm a nibbler and taste when I cook, because usually when I am cooking I am hungry.

    Blog text (8)

  • As a slow nibbler, my puppy savors each piece of his food before swallowing.

  • During the picnic, the children became little nibblers as they sampled every snack available.

Synonyms

muncher
vsnibbler
12 7.5

A person or animal that chews food loudly

takes repeated small bites without focusing on the sound of chewing
snacker
vsnibbler
1 2.7

A person who often eats small amounts of food between meals

takes repeated small bites rather than eating distinct snack items
grazer
vsnibbler
1 4.9

A person who eats small amounts of food many times a day

takes repeated small bites rather than changing overall meal patterns
nosher
vsnibbler
  • Informal
1 9.6

A person who eats small snacks between meals

takes repeated small bites rather than simply choosing smaller portions

How Forceful

gnawer
1 8.1
biter
28 5.3
nibbler
3 7.2
licker
11 4.9

Surface Forms

nibbler singular
nibblers plural

Morphology

nibbler = nibble (transparent) = nibble + er

Derived by the regular agentive suffix '-er' added to the verb 'nibble', so the meaning 'one who nibbles' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Nibbler comes from the verb nibble, which means 'to take small bites' and is like the word 'bite', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a nibbler is someone or an animal who eats in small, repeated bites.